Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 175 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 48% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6034.53 on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 26, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 50.47 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 59.22% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 267,507 acre feet

This is 137.57% of the average of 194,454 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 124,629 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 127,696 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 142,878 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 273.06% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 86.36% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.60 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 14.09 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 1.32 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
6034.53
0.27
1,004,320
1902
261
80.4
46.9
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
6034.26
0.25
1,001,605
2011
259
78.6
42.3
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6034.01
0.14
999,096
1223
259
77.7
45.0
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6033.87
0.12
997,694
1061
260
86.5
37.9
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6033.30
0.02
992,000
604
303
70.0
30.9
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6033.23
0.02
991,302
715
301
64.6
29.3
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6033.21
0.02
991,103
575
303
62.4
34.9
Averages of List
6033.64
0.1
995,364
1059.6
276.1
71.7
35.4

Averages for March 24th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6048.27
-13.74
1,213,997
1544.64
957.70
59.64
30.92
All-Time
6033.53
1
1,100,916
1465.48
941.06
59.64
30.92

Last 10 March 24th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Mar 24, 2025
6036.13
-1.60
1,020,528
406
425
69.8
31.1
Sun, Mar 24, 2024
6041.42
-6.89
1,075,642
605
354
49.6
39.2
Fri, Mar 24, 2023
6024.02
10.51
902,782
2085
283
48.6
29.5
Thu, Mar 24, 2022
6017.80
16.73
846,700
501
337
69.0
29.0
Wed, Mar 24, 2021
6033.43
1.10
1,043,463
555
419
41.0
32.0
Tue, Mar 24, 2020
6055.87
-21.34
1,296,159
584
558
60.0
33.0
Sun, Mar 24, 2019
6021.63
12.90
927,059
1365
286
58.0
29.0
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
6051.19
-16.66
1,239,600
354
323
64.0
30.0
Fri, Mar 24, 2017
6066.18
-31.65
1,428,482
3944
595
64.0
39.0
Thu, Mar 24, 2016
6066.65
-32.12
1,434,798
1087
435
57.0
28.0
Averages of List
6041.54
-7.01
1,122,767
1142
423
59.3
32.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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